But it's a guilty pleasure, and at the end of the day isn't that the best kind? And if you enjoy the kind of emotional catharsis that comes from period melodrama this is a satisfying conclusion to the story. That's not to say there's no fun to be had as Angelique claws her way back into polite society by any means necessary, which includes sleeping with every major male character. In 17th century Paris the good perish and the evil prosper. Where in conventional fiction virtue is rewarded and evil is punished, Golon turns this on its head. Where before she was merely obnoxious, here she is heartless and manipulative, which puts her on a level with the other characters. Angelique is somewhat changed since the events in Volume One. Penniless, alone and sworn to take revenge. And indeed there is a sense in this second volume that when you reach the bottom, like our heroine, the only way to go is up. Historical RomanceLarge Print EditionFor Anglique, 17th-century Paris is a city of wild love and vicious hatred. Still with me? To be fair, after the disturbing shambles of Book One I didn't plan to continue, but I found myself literally haunted by the story, so I not only had to re-assess what I'd read, I also had to find out what happened next. Firstly, if you didn't already read Book One, please do so now.
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